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BBC News |
11:50pm PDT |
Asian markets hit by credit woes |
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Summary: Asian markets plunge amid renewed fears about the US economy, mirroring heavy falls on Wall Street. |
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BBC News |
11:47pm PDT |
Vigil for death crash schoolgirls |
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Summary: A candle-lit vigil is being held to mark the first anniversary since four teenage girls died in a car crash on a Powys mountain road. |
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Yahoo News |
11:42pm PDT |
Noel soaks Bahamas, Cuba, toll at 115
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A powerful Caribbean storm drenched the Bahamas and Cuba on Thursday while rescue workers in the Dominican Republic headed out in boats and helicopters to reach dozens of communities isolated by floods and mudslides. The death toll rose to 115. |
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Yahoo News |
11:42pm PDT |
Hollywood writers to go on strike
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hollywood screenwriters said on
Thursday they will go on strike for the first time in two
decades after failing to renew their contract with producers, a
move that could fill U.S. TV screens with reruns and reality
shows. |
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BBC News |
11:27pm PDT |
Tennis: Murray into quarters |
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Summary: Andy Murray keeps his hopes of claiming a Masters Cup place alive by beating Fabrice Santoro in Paris. |
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BBC News |
11:23pm PDT |
Man charged with murder of Pc |
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Summary: A 27-year-old man is due in court charged with the murder two years ago of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky in Bradford. |
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BBC News |
11:23pm PDT |
Man charged over Pc death |
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Summary: A 27-year-old man is due in court charged with the murder two years ago of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky in Bradford. |
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Cnn.com |
11:21pm PDT |
Deadly Noel becomes hurricane, heads north |
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Summary: Noel was upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane Thursday as it moved away from the Bahamas and into the the Atlantic Ocean, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Although the storm is predicted to remain well off the coast, residents "from North Carolina n |
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Yahoo News |
11:12pm PDT |
NKorea expected to declare nuke programmes soon: Hill
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - North Korea is expected to hand over a list of its nuclear programmes within weeks, a US envoy said Friday, as the communist state prepares to start disabling its plutonium-producing atomic plants. |
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BBC News |
11:07pm PDT |
Menezes family say police must pay |
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Summary: The family of Jean Charles de Menezes say police must pay for their mistake in shooting him dead. |
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Cnn.com |
10:52pm PDT |
Saudi prince: We could've helped prevent 9/11 |
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Summary: Saudi Arabia could have helped the United States prevent al Qaeda's 2001 attacks on New York and Washington if American officials had consulted Saudi authorities in a "credible" way, the kingdom's former ambassador to the United States says in a new docum |
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Cnn.com |
10:52pm PDT |
Saudi prince: We could've help prevent 9/11 |
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Summary: Saudi Arabia could have helped the United States prevent al Qaeda's 2001 attacks on New York and Washington if American officials had consulted Saudi authorities in a "credible" way, the kingdom's former ambassador to the United States says in a new docum |
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Yahoo News |
10:44pm PDT |
Spacewalk repairs to wing pushed to Sat.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Astronauts in orbit and engineers on Earth tried to figure out Thursday how best to pull off what will be one of the most difficult and dangerous spacewalking repairs ever attempted in orbit. |
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Theophiles |
10:41pm PDT |
Roll Your Own Christianity |
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Summary: At USA Today:Independent congregations are slowly chipping away at the ‘trusted brands’ as the Christian faith becomes more like Wikipedia and less like Encyclopedia Britannica. |
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BBC News |
10:33pm PDT |
Mexico race to save flood victims |
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Summary: A massive rescue operation is under way in the Mexican state of Tabasco, largely under water after heavy rains. |
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Yahoo News |
10:21pm PDT |
Hollywood writers going on strike
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Television and movie screen writers said Thursday they would go on strike for the first time in nearly 20 years in a dispute over royalties. |
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Cnn.com |
9:59pm PDT |
Lawyer: Son of TV's 'Dog' sold 'N-word' tape |
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BBC News |
9:50pm PDT |
Hollywood writers close to strike |
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Summary: Negotiators for Hollywood screenwriters announce they are recommending a strike over royalty payments. |
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Cnn.com |
9:43pm PDT |
Hollywood writers poised to strike |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
9:43pm PDT |
Hollywood writers going on strike |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
9:43pm PDT |
Sanctions to stay until North Korea disarms: U.S.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - United Nations sanctions imposed on North
Korea for its nuclear test last year will only be lifted after
Pyongyang scraps its atomic weapons program, a senior U.S.
envoy said on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:27pm PDT |
Hollywood writers to announce strike: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The union representing Hollywood
screenwriters will announce its first major strike in 20 years
on Friday after failing to reach an agreement with producers on
a contract renewal, the Los Angeles Times reported on its Web
site. |
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BBC News |
9:12pm PDT |
Call to devolve power to councils |
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Summary: A cross-party group of senior MPs and peers says councils should have more financial freedom and a protected role. |
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Cnn.com |
9:04pm PDT |
Hurricane Noel heading north |
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Summary: Noel was upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane Thursday as it moved away from the Bahamas and into the the Atlantic Ocean, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Although the storm is predicted to remain well off the coast, residents "from North Carolina n |
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BBC News |
8:52pm PDT |
Dual epidemic threatening Africa |
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Summary: Simultaneous infection with both HIV and TB is spreading throughout sub-Saharan Africa, researchers say. |
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BBC News |
8:52pm PDT |
'Dual epidemic' threatens Africa |
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Summary: Simultaneous infection with both HIV and TB is spreading throughout sub-Saharan Africa, researchers say. |
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BBC News |
8:43pm PDT |
Prayers for Ipswich murders women |
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Summary: A service is to be held in memory of five women who were murdered in the area around Ipswich last year. |
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Yahoo News |
8:40pm PDT |
Rice promises Ankara "effective" action on PKK
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice on Friday promised "effective" action against Kurdish
rebels who have launched attacks on Turkey from northern Iraq,
but she strongly urged Ankara itself to observe restraint. |
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Yahoo News |
8:21pm PDT |
Congress passes kids health bill again
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A defiant Democratic-controlled Congress voted Thursday to provide health insurance to an additional 4 million lower-income children, and President Bush vowed swiftly to cast his second straight veto on the issue. |
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Yahoo News |
8:04pm PDT |
Minnesota Sen. Coleman endorses Giuliani
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman said Thursday he's backing Rudy Giuliani for president, throwing his support behind a fellow moderate Republican and former mayor. |
